Title: Understanding challenges of supply chain sustainability in Asia

Authors: Ayon Chakraborty; Purnendu Mandal

Addresses: School of Business, James Cook University, 600 Upper Thomson Road, 574421, Singapore ' School of Business, James Cook University, 600 Upper Thomson Road, 574421, Singapore

Abstract: Developed nations such as the USA and Europe have already learnt to an extent how to manage their resource movement judiciously but developing countries especially in Asia have a long way to go to reach the level of the developed world. This research will look into the problems faced by the countries in Asia, namely Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Thailand, to develop good supply chain management systems. The objective is to analyse why the emerging Asian countries are not able to manage the supply chain with the same efficiency and conviction as the developed countries.

Keywords: supply chain sustainability; performance indicators; infrastructure; information technology; services; logistics; framework; energy; Asia; supply chain management; SCM; sustainable development; developing countries; Malaysia; India; Indonesia; Thailand.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2014.059453

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2014 Vol.4 No.1, pp.51 - 68

Published online: 21 Jun 2014 *

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